Goby type

[Bschowa]

Does anyone know what kind of goby this is if it actually is a goby? It appeared in my tank this morning I'm guessing it came on some of the live rock I picked up

 

[carey]

Thats a sand perch, at least thats what i was told when I bought one.

Nice pull for free, lol, I paid like $18 for mine.

 

[Bschowa]

Are they reef safe or am I going to have to try to catch him and re home him?

 

[carey]

Is this the little guy? Mine was more red than this link, just like your fishie.....

Sandhopper Blenny

 

[Bschowa]

His dorsal fin is dark red, I will see if I can get some better pictures

 

[Bschowa]

I got a video too but don't have time or know how to put that up

 

[Bschowa]

From looking online it definately appears to be a red spotted sand perch which doing some research looks controversial if it is reef safe or not , is yours causing you problems? I would say it is 3 inches long

 

[Bschowa]

He is very social and I love the coloring but if he is going to be a risk to my corals I don't want Him in there does anyone have experiance with them?

 

[carey]

To be honest, I returned mine a few days after i got him. Petco, where I got him told me he was reef safe but I too rea conflicting information on him being safe and didnt want to take a chance.
The reason I knew right away what it was is that they are so cool looking and very distinctive which was the reason I picked him up in the first place.

 

[Bschowa]

I might try to see if anyone locally wants him that's if I can catch him